The Guinnes Book of Records verified that the artificial tornado in Germany’s Mercedes Benz Museum is the world’s largest man-made twister. It’s 34.43 meters (~113 feet) tall, and contains approximately 28 tons of air. It takes 144 jets about seven minutes to produce. It was created to suck smoke out of the building and save lives should a fire start. In the picture, carbon dioxide is being sprayed into the bottom of the tornado to make it visible

Panasonic unveiled the new reigning king of plasma televisions at CES ‘08, the 150-incher. As you call tell from the picture of it next to last year’s wimpy 103-inch, the thing is freaking huge. Oh yeah, I guess the lady is there for reference too. Anyways, the thing rocks 2k x 4k resolution, roughly four times that of a 1080p set, runs on 220 volts, and is totally freaking huge and so so so so awesome.

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Instead of hiding your PC under your desk, why not show your true geeky colors and make your PC a conversation piece.

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With some clever use of physics, the mirror ensures that the beholder can see the reflection of all his surroundings perfectly well, but his own reflection is, er, not reflected as clearly. Pretty bizarre an invention, but a great thing to have in your house especially around Halloween.